Les Smiles reflects on his commission buying career

Lucy Kinbacher
Updated June 15 2021 - 2:54pm, first published June 14 2021 - 4:00pm
Les Smiles enjoys a quiet life at home in Gunnedah but he has plenty of memories as a commission buyer across the country.
Les Smiles enjoys a quiet life at home in Gunnedah but he has plenty of memories as a commission buyer across the country.

It's March 1951 and a 14-year-old boy has been dropped off at the Dalby pig sale by his uncle.

Lucy Kinbacher

Lucy Kinbacher

Editor - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Raised on a cattle property at Biggenden, Lucy Kinbacher has spent 10 years working across metropolitan, regional and rural publications in both Queensland and NSW. Lucy has been the editor of the Queensland Country Life and North Queensland Register since 2021.

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